Valve for grain or other free-running nonliquid materials



April 22, 1924. 1,491,030

c. CATTANACH VALVE FOR GRAIN OR OTHER FREE RUNNING NONLIQUID MATERIALSFiled Jan- 20. 1921 Jim/mm) 01/917155 flan/9mm Patented Apr, 22, 1924. Af: Y I

UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE;

CHARLES GATTANACH, F PORT ARTHUR, ONTARIO, CANADA.

VALVE FOR GRAIN OR OTHER FREE-RUNNING NONLIQUID MATERIALS;

7 Application filed January 20, 1921. Serial No. 438,791.

To all whom it may concern: plates A and B joined at their outer ends Beit known that I, CHARLES CATTANACH, to the opposite ends A and B? of alever a subject of the King of Great Britain, a member Gfixedlymountedonarocking shaft resident of the city of Port Arthur, Dis- F, thismember G being, in turn, link contrict of Thunder Bay, Province ofOntario, nected at one end through a link H with a Dominion of Canada,have invented certain second lever member C, whereby, on the new anduseful Improvements in Valves for lever C being operated, the lever Goper- Grain or Other Free Running Nonliquid ates the rocking shaft F,which, in turn, Materials, of which the following is a specithrough therods A and B operates the 0 fication. plates A and B to open or closethe valve My invention relates to improvements in outlet D. v t v valvesfor grain or other free-running, non- As many changes could be made inthe liquid materials, in Whicha two-part flat above construction andmany Widely difplate double acting valve is so made as to ferentembodiments-of my invention within meet at or near the centre of theorifice to be the scope of the claim constructed without 55 controlledby the valve, the plate parts bedeparting from the spirit or scopethereof, ing reinforced by angle bars so placed as to it is intendedthat all matter contained in form a seal when the two parts meet, andthe accompanying specification and drawthe objects of my improvement areto proings shall be interpreted as illustrative and 0 vide a two-partvalve worked as a single not in a limiting sense. 00

valve and giving a much quicker opening What I claim as my invention is:With shorter lever or rack and pinion move- A valve for grain or otherfree-running ment, and its application to scales, bins, non-liquidmaterial comprising a casingv tanks or other containers for the storagehaving an outlet, a pair of double-acting of all free-runningmaterialnot liquid or reciprocal plates for said outlet, means for 05semi-liquid in substance and the quick and operating the platescomprising rodsconefficient transfer of the materials to other nected tothe plates at one end and conscales, bins, belts, tanks, boats, cars orother nected at their other end to a lever member containers; A fixedlymounted on a rock shaft, said lever I attain these objects by themechanism ilmember being connected at one end to a seclustrated in theaccompanying drawing, in 0nd lever member whereby on the second which: Ilever member being operated the plates are Figure 1 is a plan View. a inturn operated toopen and close the valve Figure 2 is a sectionalelevation. outletr Figure 3 is ajsectional detail. In witness whereof Ihave hereunto set In the drawings: my hand in the presence of twowitnesses. D represents the valve casing having an CHAS. CATTANAOH.

outlet D and provided with reciprocating Witnesses:

valve plates A and B adapted to be carried MARY NIVEN CATTANACH,

on rollers E. ,A'and B are rods for the R. C. POWELL.

